Hmm, I've owned 4 Q6600s and 3 of them were G0s, and all three G0s were 3.6Ghz stable.
I think that is what we both are saying. I have 4 or 5 Q6600's right now (lost track) and they range from 3.2 to 3.5 ghz. I hit the magic 3.6 once, but over the years I have had to take it down to under 3.5, and my 920 D0 NEVER was stable at 4.0
All these expected OC's are just not right. Too much exaggeration.
Well, that's fine, I did hit it with one. But that's not the average from all the boxes I have seen, its the highest.Hmm, I've owned 4 Q6600s and 3 of them were G0s, and all three G0s were 3.6Ghz stable.
Doubt all you want, I'm sitting here running 6x D0 920s (4/18/09 pack date) running at 1.152Vcore with LLC on EX58-UD3Rs. HT is on and the chips are 72 hour Prime stable (and memtest86+ error free) in summer weather conditions.I doubt D0s with HT on are stable with less than 1.35vcore. Secondly, I doubt anyone, even with water cooling can run D0s at full cpu load with anything over 1.25vcore.
Doubt all you want, I'm sitting here running 6x D0 920s (4/18/09 pack date) running at 1.152Vcore with LLC on EX58-UD3Rs. HT is on and the chips are 72 hour Prime stable (and memtest86+ error free) in summer weather conditions.
Well, that's fine, I did hit it with one. But that's not the average from all the boxes I have seen, its the highest.
Sorry about that - my d0h! moment of the dayWhat speed are they running at ?
I doubt D0s with HT on are stable with less than 1.35vcore.
Doubt all you want, I'm sitting here running 6x D0 920s (4/18/09 pack date) running at 1.152Vcore with LLC on EX58-UD3Rs. HT is on and the chips are 72 hour Prime stable (and memtest86+ error free) in summer weather conditions.
it's the exact same as the Q6600 G0's.
LOL until u got to borrow mine.
Then you bang'd head on table.
Fact is fact though, MANY MANY were disappointed with the Q6600 G0 after they expected 3.6 easy. It was NOT the norm.
Fact is fact though, MANY MANY were disappointed with the Q6600 G0 after they expected 3.6 easy. It was NOT the norm.
Right, but overclocking is never a gurantee, and only luck of the draw. Some have better luck than others. There are also many variables to ocing Q6600s besides vid, batch, there is also motherboard choices, psu choices, cooling choices, etc, etc.
If you know what you are doing, most cpus should overclock to a certain extent, but I am agreeing 3.6Ghz norms are not the case. 3.6Ghz OCs with Q6600s are the BEST case OCs.
4 out of 4 D0s ive used hit 4Ghz easy as hell, but im on the stock cooler so ive backed mine up to 3.8 @ 1.175Exactly, and I believe that people buying i7 920 D0's are expecting to hit 4.0GHz+ and this is the same exact trap....
4 out of 4 D0s ive used hit 4Ghz easy as hell, but im on the stock cooler so ive backed mine up to 3.8 @ 1.175
(Relatively) simple Xigmatek Dark Knight, IC Diamond TIM, 66-69C on full load Prime95.What kind of cooling and coretemp readings at full load Prime95 LargeFFTs?
Not sure about the newer batches, but if they're anything like the ones that I've played with, I'd say 3.8-4GHz with decent Vcores isn't all that unreasonable of an expectation.Exactly, and I believe that people buying i7 920 D0's are expecting to hit 4.0GHz+ and this is the same exact trap....
Lol I pull around a 3 Distance to TJ Max for 4ghz/HT/1.225 Im on the badass stock cooler though=why im running 3.8/No/1.175 right now. I know if i did linpack, it would throttle in seconds, but the biggest workout my cores get is 4x FAH and it sits around 30 DTJMaxHT on? Temps? Voltages?
Lol I pull around a 3 Distance to TJ Max for 4ghz/HT/1.225 Im on the badass stock cooler though=why im running 3.8/No/1.175 right now. I know if i did linpack, it would throttle in seconds, but the biggest workout my cores get is 4x FAH and it sits around 30 DTJMax
If i had better cooling, im pretty confident that it could go higher. The hardest problem i think would be getting my uncore to cooperate as it seems to have problems above 3.2Ghz. I think its the IMC fault, but im too lazy to test it out as of right now.
In your OP you said that you managed to get to 4.0, but temps were a little crazy. Thats to be expected as these things chug power like crazy, i think people get the impression that these chips hit 4.0 with ease from the early adopters who are running megahalems or custom CNC'd .2mm waterblocks and 2x480 rads. These same early adopters have been overclocking for years and understand that the CPU is only one part of the equation of many variables. See now i can say im prime stable 4/HT/1.225, but it took me a long ass time to figure out that my uncore was what was holding me back. A lot of the threads i see now with people trying to overclock, the OP is just asking for "what settings do i need for 4ghz?" without trying to understand the concepts behind overclocking, i mean, jesus there is a thread on the front page called OC without a brain, where the guy is pushing 1.45v on a 860
But that's exactly my point. people buy these completely expecting to hit a certain clock without the knowledge or hardware to back it up. The only clock you should expect is stock.
But that's exactly my point. people buy these completely expecting to hit a certain clock without the knowledge or hardware to back it up. The only clock you should expect is stock.
It's a Lottery plain and simple. If you want a better chance at winning you have to buy more tickets.
Have there been many reported 920 D0's that won't get to 3.5GHz with few tweaks on a decent quality X58 board? I don't recall many.
That being the case, it is not being able to get to 4.0 that is the "deal breaker" for many overclockers with 920's, or that seems to be the case:
A 2.66 GHz chip to 3.5 is a failure.
A 2.66 GHz chip to 4.0 is a success.
The i7, in general, seems far more complicated to overclock than 775.
The i7 has always had thermal issues.
Eloquently put!